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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation

• New tamper seals

• Four screws for securing the 100G ERT Module assembly to the meter. These screws

have holes drilled into the heads to accept wire tamper seals.

• Four internal tooth star washers used to attach the meter to the index mounting plate.

Materials Supplied By You

You must supply the following items to install, initialize, and check the 100G ERT Module

on the meter.

• Small and medium flat-blade or Phillips screwdrivers Used to remove and tighten

index and index-cover screws.

• Side-cutting plier/wire snips Used for cutting wire seals, if necessary.

• Small putty knife Used to remove all traces of old gaskets from the meter.

• Meter seals, wire seals, and seal press Used to secure the meter from tampering, if

necessary.

• 11/32-inch nut driver or other blunt tool Used to securely seat new tamper plugs

over screw holes.

• FC200SR with EndPoint-Link or EndPoint-Link Pro software Used to program

and check ERT assembly.

Replacement Screws

Replacement screws for mounting the index cover must be slotted, zinc-plated, steel

machine screws. Sizing options are shown below.

For mounting 100G ERT Module assemblies on meters:

• Use 12 - 24 x 1/2-inch slotted, Fillister head machine screws, drilled to accept wire

seals.

Preinstallation Preparations

Before installing the 100G ERT Module on a meter, verify that:

• All Itron gas modules are 100G ERT Modules for your brand of gas meters.

• The model numbers of all meters on which the 100G ERT Modules will be installed

are included in the Meter Compatibility List.

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Summary of content (27 pages)

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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation • New tamper seals • Four screws for securing the 100G ERT Module assembly to the meter. These screws have holes drilled into the heads to accept wire tamper seals. • Four internal tooth star washers used to attach the meter to the index mounting plate. Materials Supplied By You You must supply the following items to install, initialize, and check the 100G ERT Module on the meter.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module There are two types of index mounting plates for American Commercial meters. One type is made of plastic and has tamper seal cups. The other type is made of metal and has no tamper seal cups. Tamper seal cups No tamper seal cups Similarly, there are index covers with tamper seal cups and ones with out tamper seal cups.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation To remove the index 1. Remove the tamper seals or wire seals from the index cover and the mounting plate screws. Tamper seals For illustrative purposes in the procedure a plastic index mounting plate with tamper seal cups was used. 2. Remove the index cover screws from the meter. Verify that they are 1/2-inch long and are not corroded.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module • If the screws are the correct length, and are not corroded, keep them for later use. • If the screws are an incorrect length or are corroded, dispose of them properly. Use the screws listed in Replacement Screws on page 56. 3. Remove the gasket from the index cover mounting plate and set it aside where it will not get damaged. You will use the gasket later in the installation.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation 4. Remove the four tamper seals from the mounting plate.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 5. Remove the mounting plate screws and separate the mounting plate from the meter. Set the mounting plate aside where it will not get damaged. You will use it later in the installation. Program the ERT The ERT must be programmed using the FC200SR with EndPoint-Link software. See the Endpoint-Link ERT Programming Guide (TDC-0411) for more information. IMPORTANT You must perform the following programming procedure for the ERT module to function properly.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation • For initial programming, hold the FC200SR approximately 1 foot away from the 100G. • For reprogramming (30 days or more past initial programming), hold the FC200SR approximately 4 to 5 feet away from the 100G. Be sure to program the 100G to the correct mode for the reading technology what will be used (for example, Fixed Network Mode, Mobile/Handheld Mode, or Hard to Read Mobile/Handheld Mode). In Endpoint-Link Pro v5.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module Line up notches with teeth Natural Gas Solutions 100G Installation Guide 63
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation 2. Position the ERT module so its screw holes line up with the screw holes in the meter top then place the ERT module on the meter top. Make sure the INLET label on the ERT module is next to the INLET label on the meter case.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 3. Carefully lower the 100G ERT Module onto the meter top so that its notches align with the teeth on the meter wriggler. 4. Make sure there is no gap between the bottom of the ERT module and the top of the meter. If there is a gap, it is because the drive notches of the ERT module's lower wriggler are not properly aligned with the meter wriggler's drive teeth. WARNING! Do not press down on the ERT module if there is a gap.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation 6. Place the index cover mounting plate on the ERT module so the words "FLOW FRONT AL800 AL1000 AL1400 AL2300 AL5000 TURBINE ROTARY" are toward the front of the meter.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module A gap at the screw locations is normal both before and after the index cover mounting-plate screws are tightened. 7. Install the four ERT module mounting screws and tighten them, in a diagonal sequence. Turn each screw 1/4 to 1/2 turn after it contacts the mounting plate. If you are using a torque wrench, tighten to 72 inch-pounds. 8. Place new tamper seals over screws and press the seals into place with an 11/32 inch nut driver, or other blunt tool.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation 2. Align the gasket screw holes with the mounting plate's screw holes. Align with screw holes 3. Turn the index wriggler so it will go across the ERT module wriggler when you put the index onto the mounting plate. 4. Carefully lower the index and cover onto the mounting plate, facing the same way it was before you removed it. 5. Align the index cover screw holes with the screw holes in the gasket and index cover mounting plate. 6.
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Installing 100G ERT Module on Actaris WARNING! Do not press down on the index cover if there is a gap. If you do, you can damage the index wriggler or ERT module wriggler. 7. Turn each screw 1/4 to 1/2 turn after it contacts the cover. 8. Place new tamper or wire seals over or through the screw heads. 9. Press tamper seals into place with an 11/32 nut driver, or other blunt tool, or crimp the seal if you are using wire seals.
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Chapter 5 American/Actaris Commercial Meter Installation • One extension driver The old adapter plate will not work with the 100G ERT Module. However, the new adapter plate will work with the old and new Itron ERTs. To mount the index assembly to the adapter plate 1. Align the index assembly so that the back outside holes on the index mounting bracket line up with the two smaller holes towards the center of the adapter plate. 2. Place and tighten the two bracket screws.
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Installing 100G ERT Module on Actaris 10. Turn the index drive dog so it fits into the extension driver. The hole in the center of the adapter plate should fit comfortably around the extension driver and the rivets in the 100G ERT Module should fit into the holes in the adapter plate. 11. Place the index cover over the index assembly. The transparent section of the cover needs to be on the same side as the index dials so the meter readers can read the dials clearly. 12.
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CHAPTER 6 National/Lancaster Meter Installation The 100G ERT Module can be installed on 175-250 CFH National/Lancaster gas meters. Index Compatibility 100G ERT Modules for National/Lancaster meters can only be used with dial type indexes from National or Actaris/Schlumberger. Installation Prerequisites The following items are required to install the Itron 100G ERT Module.
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Chapter 6 National/Lancaster Meter Installation For mounting 100G ERT Module assemblies on meters: • Use 10-24 x 3/4-inch flat head, stainless steel, Phillips head screws (Itron part number SCR-0014-004). For mounting indexes on 100G ERT Module backplates by their legs: • Use 6-19 x 3/8-inch thread forming, zinc-plated, Phillips head screws (Itron part number SCR-0015-001).
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 2. Remove the two screws and dispose of them properly. 3. Remove the index cover from the meter. 4. Remove the index mounting screws and the index from the meter.
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Chapter 6 National/Lancaster Meter Installation 5. Remove all traces of the old index cover gasket from the meter. The new ERT module has its own gasket. 6. Make sure the meter drive dog sticks straight out from the meter. 7. If the index has mounting legs, make sure each leg is parallel to the back of the index, as shown, to provide for proper alignment between ERT and meter.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 8. Make sure the index wriggler is parallel to the surface of the index. Indexes that do not have mounting legs must be attached to the ERT module’s index backplate mounting posts. Indexes that have mounting legs only, must be attached to the ERT modules’ index bracket mounting posts.
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Chapter 6 National/Lancaster Meter Installation 2. Install an index mounting screw in the left mounting hole and tighten the screw just enough to hold it in place. 3. Place the index’s mounting leg screw slot under the screw head and tighten the screw enough to hold the index leg in place, but loose enough so you can pivot the index around the screws. 4. Make sure the index’s right mounting leg screw slot is positioned over the ERT module’s right index mounting leg screw hole. 5.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 2. Put the index mounting screws through the mounting screw hole in the ERT index backplate mounting post. 3. Turn each screw 1/4 to 1/2 turn after it contacts the index backplate. Program the ERT The ERT must be programmed using the FC200SR with EndPoint-Link software. See the Endpoint-Link ERT Programming Guide (TDC-0411) for more information. IMPORTANT You must perform the following programming procedure for the ERT module to function properly.
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Chapter 6 National/Lancaster Meter Installation IMPORTANT Do not turn the drive wriggler faster than one turn per second. 3. Read the ERT module assembly using the FC200SR. Consult the EndPoint-Link ERT Programming Guide (TDC-0411) or other applicable instructions for details on how to read an ERT. • If this reading is higher than the one you programmed in step 1 above, the ERT module assembly is counting correctly.
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Installing the 100G ERT Module 5. Install tamper seals over the screws and press them into place with an 11/32 nut driver, or some other blunt tool.
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